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The hulking Mailata, listed as 6-foot-8 and 365 pounds, suffered
the injury during practice last Thursday and missed the Eagles'
defeat at the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night.
Just as he did against the Cowboys, former first-round pick
Andre Dillard will get the start for Mailata Sunday.
Philadelphia head coach Nick Siranni publicly complimented
Dillard this week for his performance, despite the Eagles' 41-21
loss.
The Eagles received some good injury news Friday as veteran
safety Rodney McLeod, who has not yet played this season while
recovering from a torn ACL in Week 14 last season against New
Orleans, was a full go at practice for the third straight day
and is expected to play Sunday.
The team is extremely thin at safety with an injury to K'Von
Wallace (separated shoulder), who was placed on injured reserve
this week. Other than McLeod, Anthony Harris and Marcus Epps are
the only other healthy safeties on the roster.
For the Chiefs, defensive end Frank Clark (hamstring) was
limited in practice Friday and was tabbed as questionable.
Cornerback Charvarius Ward (quad) was also ruled as questionable
for this weekend, while fellow corner Rashad Fenton (concussion)
sat out practice again and will be sidelined against the Eagles.
--Field Level Media
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